Help with the Blue Screen of Death?

[Zanshin]

How does that work?  Is it a matter of swapping it out?  Is it all of it, or some of it?  Does it just "go"?  The laptop is a little over a year old, if that matters.

[Cerevant]

Think it's the memory?

That's the most common cause of the recurring blue screen.

I'd agree - especially if the crashes are random.  What worries me is that it isn't booting up after a crash.  When it won't boot, how far does it get?  Do you see any of the boot up text?

[Zanshin]

The last few times, it'll load regularly....then shortly into using it, I'll get the blue screen.  When I shut it down and restart it, the power comes on, but nothing at all happens.  I just hear the fans....but no HD activity, and nothing on the monitor.

Then I unplug it, and take out the battery...and it'll restart.  Sometimes it'll say that it had a serious error, othertimes, it acts like nothing happened.

[Wingspan]

Then I unplug it, and take out the battery...and it'll restart.  Sometimes it'll say that it had a serious error, othertimes, it acts like nothing happened.

that sounds a lot like my wife.

have you given it flowers and poured some red wine into it?

[PhillyGirl]

haha

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The last few times, it'll load regularly....then shortly into using it, I'll get the blue screen.  When I shut it down and restart it, the power comes on, but nothing at all happens.  I just hear the fans....but no HD activity, and nothing on the monitor.

Then I unplug it, and take out the battery...and it'll restart.  Sometimes it'll say that it had a serious error, othertimes, it acts like nothing happened.

Unfortunately, your problem could be caused by almost any piece of hardware in your machine.  I had a laptop acting similarly because of a modem in it that was going schitzo.  It took me forever to figure out the problem, because I'd literally used the modem 2-3 times total.

[rjs246]

Drop kick it. Worked for me.

[Geowhizzer]

Nothing wrong with your computer that one of these babies couldn't handle:

[Susquehanna Birder]

That fiberglass handle comes in handy when smashing live electrical gear!

[Zanshin]

Okay, looks like it's hardware-related.  I tried to wipe it and start fresh, but it's still blue-screen farged.  Of course, the warranty ran out last month.  I'm going to fight with them today to extend it...but assuming they don't give a rat's ass, where do you guys go for repairs?  What kind of place?

Thanks.

[Cerevant]

Okay, looks like it's hardware-related.  I tried to wipe it and start fresh, but it's still blue-screen farged.  Of course, the warranty ran out last month.  I'm going to fight with them today to extend it...but assuming they don't give a rat's ass, where do you guys go for repairs?  What kind of place?

Thanks.

Depends on what is broken.  Sounds like your HD was OK, any luck with the memory test?  If you aren't up to fixing it yourself (I'd start ripping out hardware until it started working again) I'd just go ahead and pick up a new unit at a holiday sale.  You are going to pay a lot more to have it fixed professionally, and are just asking for something else to go wrong...

[Zanshin]

You think it'll be biggish money, eh?  That sucks.  Well, in that case, I have a friend who does a decent job of fixing laptops.  Maybe I'll let him look at it first.  This is all such a waste of time.

I'm on the phone with them now...trying to get them to extend the warranty.

[Zanshin]

Heh...I won.  They extended the warranty.